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An arresting memoir equal parts refugee-coming-of-age story, feminist manifesto, and meditation on motherhood, displacement, gender politics, and art that follows award-winning writer Sophia Shalmiyevâs flight from the Soviet Union, where she was forced to abandon her estranged mother, and her subsequent quest to find her.
Born to a Russian mother and an Azerbaijani father, Shalmiyev was raised in the stark oppressiveness of 1980s Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). An imbalance of power and the prevalence of antisemitism in her homeland led her father to steal Shalmiyev away, emigrating to America, abandoning her estranged mother, Elena. At age eleven, Shalmiyev found herself on a plane headed west, motherless and terrified of the new world unfolding before her.
Now a mother herself, in Mother Winter Shalmiyev depicts in urgent vignettes her emotional journeys as an immigrant, an artist, and a woman raised without her mother. She tells of her early days in St. Petersburg, a land unkind to women, wayward or otherwise; her tumultuous pit-stop in Italy as a refugee on her way to America; the life she built for herself in the Pacific Northwest, raising two children of her own; and ultimately, her cathartic voyage back to Russia as an adult, where she searched endlessly for the alcoholic mother she never knew. Braided into her physical journey is a metaphorical exploration of the many surrogate mothers Shalmiyev sought out in place of her ownâwhether in books, art, lovers, or other lost souls banded together by their misfortunes.
Mother Winter is the story of Shalmiyevâs years of travel, searching, and forging meaningful connection with the worlds she occupiesâthe result is a searing observation of the human heart and psycheâs many shades across time and culture. As critically acclaimed author Michelle Tea says, âwith sparse, poetic language Shalmiyev builds a personal history that is fractured and raw; a brilliant, lovely ache.â
"Vividly awesome and truly great.â âEileen Myles
"I love this gorgeous, gutting, unforgettable book.ââLeni Zumas
âA rich tapestry of autobiography and meditations on feminism, motherhood, art, and culture, this book is as intellectually satisfying as it is artistically profound. A sharply intelligent, lyrically provocative memoir.â â Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
EdituraSimon & Schuster
Dimensiuni153 x 220 x 33
Data Publicarii12/02/2019
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Numar pagini288
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O memorie arestanta, parti egale, poveste despre venirea varstei, manifest feminist si meditatie asupra maternitatii, deplasarii, politicii de gen si arta care urmeaza fugii premiate a scriitoarei Sophia Shalmiyev din Uniunea Sovietica, unde a fost fortata sa o abandoneze nascuta de o mama rusa si un tata azer, Shalmiyev a fost crescut in opresiunea puternica a Leningradului din anii 1980 (acum St.